Adobe announces updates to Creative Cloud


Adobe announced a full refresh of its Creative Cloud suite of desktop applications. In addition, the company announced a new stock image service and a new syncing feature.

Of course we never hold back on bringing you the latest cool features. This Creative Cloud release includes new Adobe magic and incredible performance boosts to your favorite desktop apps. The companion mobile apps bring that Adobe magic to your devices, and now there are even more ways for you to use the powerful, connected mobile-to-desktop workflows to create your best work. Due to popular demand, we're adding two new iOS mobile apps to Creative Cloud, and Android support for four of our most popular mobile apps.

And to further accelerate your creative process, today we're introducing Adobe Stock--our brand new service with deep connections to Creative Cloud and integration into your favorite desktop apps. Search, manage and purchase from 40 million curated Adobe Stock images directly within the new CC desktop apps.

At the heart of Creative Cloud is Adobe CreativeSync--an exclusive technology that ensures that your files, photos, fonts, vector graphics, brushes, colors, settings, metadata and stock images from Adobe Stock instantly appear in your workflow right where you need them. CreativeSync lets you start your creative work on any device and seamlessly pick it up on another. From initial idea to finished work, CreativeSync is the engine that lets you create wherever you are.

The whole subscription model doesn't really sit well with me at Adobe prices. In my mind, a monthly (or pre-paid annually, how ever you want to view it) should have a substantial discount over the retail version and should have frequent updates for both fixes and features. Perhaps too access to training and media libraries.

Adobe's model seems more like they figured how often people typically upgrade on the old conventional model (or perhaps how often they want them them to upgrade) and then set the price to meet that number. And then they still do these big roll out updates when they shouldn't make you wait, in my opinion.